Alex LaCasse
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Eric Trump stumps for dad at Ryan’s Place in Epping
EPPING – Eric Trump promised supporters his father would prevail in the upcoming election and win a second term as president during a campaign stop at Ryan’s Place restaurant Monday.President Donald Trump’s son made an impromptu campaign stop at the restaurant to meet with approximately 50 followers to stump on behalf of his father’s reelection bid 15 days before the Nov. 3 election. Eric Trump… → Read More
Eric Trump stumps for dad at Ryan’s Place in Epping
EPPING – Eric Trump promised supporters his father would prevail in the upcoming election and win a second term as president during a campaign stop at Ryan’s Place restaurant Monday.President Donald Trump’s son made an impromptu campaign stop at the restaurant to meet with approximately 50 followers to stump on behalf of his father’s reelection bid 15 days before the Nov. 3 election. Eric Trump… → Read More
COVID-19 outbreak shuts down youth program at Rinks at Exeter
EXETER — Several members of a youth hockey academy operating out of the Rinks at Exeter have tested positive for COVID-19 over the last week, shutting their program down for two weeks.Rinks at Exeter General Manager Chet Murch said 12 to 14 members of the 16-year-old Seacoast Performance Academy team and one staff member "directly involved" with those players have tested positive for COVID-19… → Read More
Sex abuse survivors call out Phillips Exeter Academy’s ’failure’
EXETER – Members of a Phillips Exeter Academy group of sexual abuse survivors are accusing the private school of continued failure to substantively address past incidents of misconduct by faculty and staff.Phillips Exeter Alumni for Truth and Healing (PATH) recently sent a letter to PEA Principal William Rawson and Morgan Sze, chair of the Board of Trustees.The letter comes on the heels of the… → Read More
Appeal approved: Exeter’s iconic Ioka Theater marquee gone forever
EXETER — The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved an appeal to permanently remove the iconic Ioka Theater marquee after the property owners deemed keeping it would be non-profitable and impractical to maintain for its redevelopment into a mixed-use building.Ioka Properties LLC asked the ZBA to overturn a Historic District Commission decision ordering it to maintain the marquee in the… → Read More
New Hampshire woman votes topless after anti-Trump shirt disallowed
"She took it off so fast, no one had time to react so the whole place just went, ‘Woah,’ and she walked away, and I let her vote," Paul Scafidi said. → Read More
New Hampshire woman votes topless after anti-Trump shirt disallowed
EXETER – A woman voting at Tuesday’s primary found an unorthodox way of protesting the town moderator, who ruled her T-shirt was a form of electioneering: She took it off and voted topless. Town Moderator Paul Scafidi said the woman walked into the Talbot Gymnasium in the afternoon wearing a “McCain Hero, Trump Zero” T-shirt. As a ballot clerk was checking her name off the voter list, Scafidi… → Read More
New Hampshire woman votes topless after anti-Trump shirt disallowed
EXETER – A woman voting at Tuesday’s primary found an unorthodox way of protesting the town moderator, who ruled her T-shirt was a form of electioneering: She took it off and voted topless.Town Moderator Paul Scafidi said the woman walked into the Talbot Gymnasium in the afternoon wearing a "McCain Hero, Trump Zero" T-shirt. As a ballot clerk was checking her name off the voter list, Scafidi… → Read More
New Hampshire woman votes topless after anti-Trump shirt disallowed
EXETER – A woman voting at Tuesday’s primary found an unorthodox way of protesting the town moderator, who ruled her T-shirt was a form of electioneering: She took it off and voted topless.Town Moderator Paul Scafidi said the woman walked into the Talbot Gymnasium in the afternoon wearing a "McCain Hero, Trump Zero" T-shirt. As a ballot clerk was checking her name off the voter list, Scafidi… → Read More
New Hampshire woman votes topless after anti-Trump shirt disallowed
EXETER – A woman voting at Tuesday’s primary found an unorthodox way of protesting the town moderator, who ruled her T-shirt was a form of → Read More
11 virus cases reported at Rockingham County jail
BRENTWOOD – The superintendent of the Rockingham County jail announced 11 positive cases of COVID-19 between inmates and personnel Monday, forcing a facility-wide lockdown to prevent further spread.Superintendent Stephen Church said the first positive case was diagnosed Friday.Church said 55 inmates has since been tested, yielding nine positive results.Church said one nurse from the medical… → Read More
Missing Stratham girl found safe, thanks to Fish and Game dog Cora
STRATHAM – New Hampshire Fish and Game conservation officers located a missing child Saturday night with the aid of its officer dog Cora, which found the girl lost in the woods.At approximately 6:30 p.m., Rockingham County Dispatch requested assistance to the girl’s home on Point of Rocks Terrace. Cora, a K-9 officer, was brought in for a tracking mission using a discarded robe in her backyard… → Read More
Exeter Select Board to vote on town mask mandate
EXETER – The Select Board will vote on an emergency mask ordinance Aug. 24, following nearby communities enacting similar measures that can carry fines for violations.The board plans to hold a public hearing on the ordinance and could vote to pass it that night. Health Officer James Murray was tasked with drafting the ordinance."Barring leadership from our federal government and our state… → Read More
Fire destroys Stratham family’s home
STRATHAM — The community is rallying to support a local family of four whose home was destroyed in a two-alarm fire early Monday morning.A GoFundMe page has been created to help Diane and Peter Lawley’s family. In less than two days since the blaze at 4 Butterfield Lane, the page raised nearly $36,000 from 270 donors.Additionally, friends of the Lawleys’ two children living in the town’s… → Read More
‘Perfect opportunity’: Former Exeter teacher opening new coffee shop
EXETER – In a pre-pandemic world, success for small businesses was often determined by the classic maxim, "location, location, location. → Read More
Newmarket preparing to return to school in fall
NEWMARKET – SAU 31 Superintendent Susan Givens provided an update to community members Tuesday on preliminary plans to allow students to return to in-person instruction in the fall.None of the plans have been finalized and she said details will be presented to the School Board beginning Thursday for discussion and possible modification. Givens said the safety of students and faculty members is… → Read More
Newmarket preparing to return to school in fall
NEWMARKET – SAU 31 Superintendent Susan Givens provided an update to community members Tuesday on preliminary plans to allow students to return to in-person instruction in the fall.None of the plans have been finalized and she said details will be presented to the School Board beginning Thursday for discussion and possible modification. Givens said the safety of students and faculty members is… → Read More
Exeter’s iconic Ioka marquee saved – for now
EXETER — The Historic District Commission voted last week to require the new owners of the Ioka to keep its iconic marquee as part of the proposed redevelopment, saving the one-of-a-kind feature for now.Ioka Properties LLC owners David Cowie and Jay Caswell said during last week’s HDC meeting they thought the conceptual design featuring a removed marquee was "all but approved" during the work… → Read More
N.H., Mass. moms hope viral photo of 3-year-old sons promotes love, equality
EXETER – Lifelong friends Rebecca Cherry and Nina Armata recall attending the old junior high school on Front Street in the mid-1990s and being → Read More
N.H., Mass. moms hope viral photo of 3-year-old sons promotes love, equality
EXETER – Lifelong friends Rebecca Cherry and Nina Armata recall attending the old junior high school on Front Street in the mid-1990s and being → Read More